Judge Dredd: The Megazine Vol.2 Issue 26
Volume 2 #26 · 17–30 April 1993 · first Dredd/Devlin Waugh meeting in “Brief Encounter” · Sean Phillips cover
17–30 April 1993
Original Fleetway Editions Judge Dredd: The Megazine Vol. 2 #26, dated 17–30 April 1993. Its principal significance is John Smith and Sean Phillips’s nine-page “Brief Encounter”, a Dredd/Devlin Waugh crossover identified by specialist sources as the first direct meeting between the two characters.
Read the catalogue note →- Issue
- Volume 2 #26 (2.26)
- Publisher
- Fleetway Editions
- State
- Raw / ungraded
- Condition
- Very Good+ to Fine appearance from supplied front-cover, editorial/contents and rear-cover photographs; ungraded.
- Completeness
- Three representative views supplied. No full page-by-page collation, centre-spread check or staple inspection has been performed. No issue-specific detachable premium was identified for Vol. 2 #26 in the sources checked; the editorial explicitly advertises a free gift for the following issue #27.
Catalogue note
Original Fleetway Editions Judge Dredd: The Megazine Vol. 2 #26, dated 17–30 April 1993. Its principal significance is John Smith and Sean Phillips’s nine-page “Brief Encounter”, a Dredd/Devlin Waugh crossover identified by specialist sources as the first direct meeting between the two characters. The same issue also concludes John Wagner and Peter Doherty’s five-part “Mechanismo Returns”, Garth Ennis and Nick Percival’s “Sleeze ’n’ Ryder”, and Robbie Morrison and Siku’s two-part Hershey story “Asylum”. Sean Phillips’s painted cover explicitly stages Dredd and Waugh together under the line “Mad About the Boy!”.
Writer: John Wagner; Garth Ennis; Robbie Morrison; John Smith
Artist: Peter Doherty; Nick Percival; Siku; Sean Phillips
Cover: Sean Phillips
Edition: Original UK fortnightly issue
Why this object matters
The original Dredd/Devlin Waugh encounter and paired cover provide outstanding evidence of the characters' relationship and the anthology's queer-comics context. It is a valuable companion to the foundational Waugh debut, but the retained case for this meeting does not independently demonstrate a Gold-level publication milestone.
Evidence limits: No new physical collation or independent reception study was undertaken.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 8.8 / 10.
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Recorded contributions · 9
- John SmithWritingCatalogue credit
Writing credit: John Wagner; Garth Ennis; Robbie Morrison; John Smith Original catalogue credit
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Writing credit: John Wagner; Garth Ennis; Robbie Morrison; John Smith Original catalogue credit
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Writing credit: John Wagner; Garth Ennis; Robbie Morrison; John Smith Original catalogue credit
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Writing credit: John Wagner; Garth Ennis; Robbie Morrison; John Smith Original catalogue credit
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Artwork credit: Peter Doherty; Nick Percival; Siku; Sean Phillips Original catalogue credit
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Artwork credit: Peter Doherty; Nick Percival; Siku; Sean Phillips Original catalogue credit
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Artwork credit: Peter Doherty; Nick Percival; Siku; Sean Phillips Original catalogue credit
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Artwork credit: Peter Doherty; Nick Percival; Siku; Sean Phillips Original catalogue credit
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Cover artwork credit: Sean Phillips Original catalogue credit
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